Paul Kisselburg continues his new monthly schedule of issuing printed catalogs -- each one featuring an entirely fresh selection of secondhand titles -- with "Kisselburg Military Books Military History Catalogue ~ 38".

Antheil
23 March 1999

While more and more booksellers abandon printed catalogs, or at least de-emphasize them, in favor of displaying and selling inventory on the Web, a few old hands continue to glue postage stamps to paper. An example is "Catalog 178" from Antheil with 48 pages of new and used "naval, maritime, aviation, and military" titles. No website, no email; you'll need to glue down some stamps of your own to get a copy or place an order.

New arrival
21 March 1999

Zabecki, David T. (editor) World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1999

Edward R. Hamilton's printed "Bargain Books" catalog for 12 March 1999 is arriving in mailboxes with a larger-than-usual assortment of WWII-related titles, many of them at extreme discounts.

News from NIP
18 March 1999

The latest report from Naval Institute Press in Annapolis brings word of many excellent new and forthcoming titles:

Now available from NIP:

Rohwer. Axis Submarine Successes of World War II. Revised edition

Busch and Roll. German U-Boat Commanders of World War II: A Biographical Dictionary

Grace. The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

Kemp. Midget Submarines of World War II

Yoshida. Requiem for Battleship Yamato

Beach. Salt and Steel: Reflections of a Submariner

And on the way from NIP:

Mulligan. Neither Sharks nor Wolves: The Men of Germany's U-Boat Arm. Due in April

Beyer. Q-Ships versus U-Boats: America's Secret Project. Due in April

Franklin. The Buckley-Class Destroyer Escorts. Due in April

Kessler. Never in Doubt: Remembering Iwo Jima. Due in May

Cressman. The Official Chronology of the U.S.Navy in World War II. Revised and expanded edition. Due in June

Military Book Club
17 March 1999

Offerings for May 1999:

McDonald. Company Commander

Lucas. Das Reich

Michulec. Panzers in the East, volume 1

Michulec. Panzers in the East, volume 2

Mondey. American Aircraft of World War II

Gallo. Night of the Long Knives

Marching toward the new millenium
16 March 1999

Peter L. Jackson of Peter L. Jackson Military Books in Toronto is the latest mail order purveyor of secondhand military books who is moving to a Web-based model for his business. He reports that after almost thirty years of paper and ink he will be sharply curtailing or halting the use of printed catalogs in favor of displaying his wares at his website.

Kisselburg
15 March 1999

Paul Kisselburg has uploaded listings for more than 2300 secondhand WWII-related books to his website. Some very nice items available there. He has also loaded his stock into our searchable database where his books can be sought be author, title, or description.

Now available from Praeger
13 March 1999

Rickard. Patton at Bay: The Lorraine Campaign, September to December 1944. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1999

News from Jon Gawne
13 March 1999

Jon Gawne recently provided some information on his newest title and his next ones:

"Spearheading D-Day sold out about
as soon as it arrived. It's now being reprinted and due back in stock in
about a month.

"I am currently working on These Are My Credentials: The Campaign for Brittany and the Battle for Brest. Scheduled for Christmas 1999, from Histoire et Collections (distributed in the US by Combined Books) this
will be a history of this often overlooked aspect of the ETO. Heavily
illustrated with period photos, color
reconstructions of the uniforms worn, T/O charts and maps. What I am
attempting to do is come up with a book that will not only cover the
campaign, but provide an understanding of the organization and operation of
the US Army in this post breakout phase. Thus if I do it right, it'll be a
book that readers not interested in Brittany will still get something out
of.

"I've also started preliminary work on Ghosts of the ETO about the
only U.S. operational tactical deception unit in the ETO. Thanks to some
unprecedented assistance from veterans, a number of absolutely remarkable
stories about these guys are coming out. Stuff that just astounds me...and
that's not easy to do!"

Book show
13 March 1999

Mark Yerger reports:

"For eastern USA readers an uncoming event
is of interest. May 8th is the mid-Atlantic military book and papers fair.
Dozens of WWII book dealers with new, used, and out-of-print titles. I always
run out of money before titles wanted. It is at the Maryland State
Fairgrounds, 2200 York Rd, Timonium MD. Sat May 8th 10am to 5 pm. I see many
dealers from your site there and well worth attending."

Macksey. Invasion: The Alternate History of the German Invasion of England, July 1940. Softcover reprint. Due later this month

Parker. Battle of the Bulge: The View from the German High Command. Due in April

Nafziger. The German Order of Battle: Panzers and Artillery in World War II. Due in May

News from Croatia
8 March 1999

Grab your Croat-English dictionaries.

Ferdinando D'Amico, co-author of Air War Italy, 1944-45, reports from Italy that he has received a copy of a new book by Danijel Frka, Josip Novak, and Sinisa Pogacic covering the Croatian air force in World War II from "P.c. graficke usluge of Zagreb."

"It is truly a magnificent work, full of completely unpublished photographs
(all of exceptionally good quality!), beautiful colour profiles and even a
section of colour photographs! All in 367 pages (8'1/4 x 11'3/4 size)
printed with the highest quality.... I cannot say much about the text, not reading Croat, but I'm sure it is up to the same level.

"Frka and his two co-authors will have an English version of it published
this year.... In the meantime, stay on the lookout: this is the most beautiful title coming from the East for a long time!"

Aardvark
8 March 1999

Tons of great military book inventory has just been added to the Aardvark Books website where visitors can search and browse through WWI and WWII titles.

Not to be confused with their Military History catalog, the History catalog for "Spring 1999" from Scholar's Bookshelf is in the mail with several pages of WWII-related books plus separate sections on "Hitler and Nazism" and "The Holocaust".

Accelerated in the wake of the very successful Royal Hungarian Army from Axis Europa, author Rex Trye informs us that "...my new book (Mussolini's Afrika Korp) will be available in April not June as previously mentioned" from Axis Europa.

Kaufmann and Jurga. Fortress Europe: European Fortifications of World War II

Hammel. Guadalcanal: Decision at Sea

Lumsden. SS Regalia

Thompson. M1 Garand

Inventory updates
2 March 1999

The new month continues to bring new stock on the inventory pages of online booksellers. Two of the latest updated sites include Old Army and T. Cadman, each with a fresh load of secondhand military titles.